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Billy Bob's Crazy Travels: Part VI
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Crazy Billy Bob easily got tired of Alaska, it was "Too cold" he said. He suddenly realized that he was all out of U.S. states, and somehow had to go to something else.
Being "up north", he found it fitting to head over to Canada, hoping that Canada would be much warmer than Alaska. He travels through each province and territory in Canada, for his new home.
So, Billy Bob sets off again; yes, again, for hopes of a new place to live. This time, there are 12 different places for him to visit. Can you figure out where he visited by the clues listed below?
1. Not Me But ___ + A Convict + To Pull Apart + Industrial Technology + Profitable Metal + Fifth Letter of Alphabet
2. A British Person + Novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart + To Pick Out From Others + Expression of Doubt or Uncertainty + Small Buzzing Insect + Expression of Hesitation or Uncertainty
3. Male Name + First Letter of Alphabet
4. Halfway Between Due North and Due West + To Pull Apart + Industrial Technology + Profitable Metal + Fifth Letter of Alphabet Multiple Times
5. Back Talk + Capture + Expression Used in Asking a Question or in Seeking Repetition or Confirmation of a Statement + Juan
6. Recent + Neh + 22nd Letter of the Alphabet + Sound Owls Make
7. Male + Sound of 9th Letter in the Alphabet + Brass Wind Instrument
8. EEOH
....-----
....Tear
9. White Ball in Billiards + A Beckoning Gesture
10. Recent + End + The Solid Ground of the Earth + & + Laboratory + The Ancient Egyptian Sun God + A Movable structure Used to Close-off an Entrance
11. Recent + A Region and Former Duchy of North-Central Germany
12. A Male Member of a Royal Family Other Than the Monarch + Short for "Education" + A Room in a Hospital Usually Holding Six or More Patients + A Small Land Mass Entirely Surrounded by Water
13. A Star That Suddenly Brightens, Then Returns to its Former Brightness + Sko + Expression for "Be Quiet!" + First Letter of Alphabet
Being "up north", he found it fitting to head over to Canada, hoping that Canada would be much warmer than Alaska. He travels through each province and territory in Canada, for his new home.
So, Billy Bob sets off again; yes, again, for hopes of a new place to live. This time, there are 12 different places for him to visit. Can you figure out where he visited by the clues listed below?
1. Not Me But ___ + A Convict + To Pull Apart + Industrial Technology + Profitable Metal + Fifth Letter of Alphabet
2. A British Person + Novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart + To Pick Out From Others + Expression of Doubt or Uncertainty + Small Buzzing Insect + Expression of Hesitation or Uncertainty
3. Male Name + First Letter of Alphabet
4. Halfway Between Due North and Due West + To Pull Apart + Industrial Technology + Profitable Metal + Fifth Letter of Alphabet Multiple Times
5. Back Talk + Capture + Expression Used in Asking a Question or in Seeking Repetition or Confirmation of a Statement + Juan
6. Recent + Neh + 22nd Letter of the Alphabet + Sound Owls Make
7. Male + Sound of 9th Letter in the Alphabet + Brass Wind Instrument
8. EEOH
....-----
....Tear
9. White Ball in Billiards + A Beckoning Gesture
10. Recent + End + The Solid Ground of the Earth + & + Laboratory + The Ancient Egyptian Sun God + A Movable structure Used to Close-off an Entrance
11. Recent + A Region and Former Duchy of North-Central Germany
12. A Male Member of a Royal Family Other Than the Monarch + Short for "Education" + A Room in a Hospital Usually Holding Six or More Patients + A Small Land Mass Entirely Surrounded by Water
13. A Star That Suddenly Brightens, Then Returns to its Former Brightness + Sko + Expression for "Be Quiet!" + First Letter of Alphabet
Hint
Remember, Crazy Billy Bob has to be able to drive from place-to-place. Therefore, each place must border the place before and after it. Billy Bob wasn't thinking, and had to back-track through #10, to reach his destination. He also had to rent a small boat, to reach #12, and then used the same boat, to reach #13.Answer
Crazy Billy Bob went to:1. You Con Tear I.T. Ore E (Yukon Territory)
2. Britt Tish Cull Ummmm Bee Uh (British Columbia)
3. Albert A (Alberta)
4. Northwest Tear I.T. ore eee's (Northwest Territories)
5. Sass Catch Eh Juan (Won) (Saskatchewan)
6. New Neh V Oot (Nunavut)
7. Man I Tuba (Manitoba)
8. On Tear, Ee Oh (Ontario)
9. Cue Beck (Quebec)
10. New Fin Land And Lab Ra Door (Newfoundland and Labrador)
11. New Brunswick (New Brunswick)
12. Prince Ed Ward Island (Prince Edward Island)
13. Nova Sco Shhh A (Nova Scotia)
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